10/19/24 West Platte - The Storm Harriers finished the regular season at the West Platte Invitational, the same coure where the district meet will be in wo weeks. There were lots of reason to be happy with the day; a couple of all-time best times, Aynslee was able to run her first race of the year, and some very good perfomances. The team finished in 2nd place. Once again, Kelly led the team with a 5th place finish and another sub 20 minute performance. Evelyn was also in the top 10 (9th) with a pr of 20:24. The was a minute faster than her time her last year at the district meet. Daniella ran 22:00 which was good for 15th place. This was a pr by 40 seconds and 1:40 faster than her district time last year. Ava was right behind Daniella in 22:04 (16th place), which was about 20 seconds faster than her district time last year. Emma had a good showing getting back under 25 minutes with a 24:29 which was good for 37th place. Aynslee finally got to run in a race placing 13th in the jv race with a time of 29:41. Congrats to all that competed. We will be back at the Platte Ridge Park course in 2 weeks for the district championship.

10/12/24 Kearney - We were working a short rest this week. However, the girls were up for the challenge. We placed 8th out of 19 full teams. All the teams that beat us were large schools. Today we only ran 5. Kelly was our first, placing 2nd overall with a time of 19:14, tying her best set last week at the KC Chanllenge. Eveylyn was next placing 14th with a time of 20:51, a full minute faster than her time here last year. Ava ran 22:16 this year, 7 seconds faster than last year, which was good for 49th place. Daniella ran a 22:44, second fastest time ever, pl acing 61st. Emma ran a strong race placing 105th with a time of 25:17. It was a nice race for everyone, we’re off to the West Platte Invitational next week for the last regular season meet.

10/8/24 Excelsior Springs - We headed up to the hilly Excelsior Springs Golf Course for the Excelsior Springs Invitational. It’s a great chanllenging course, one of my favorites. We only had a couple days rest since the KC Classic but we came out strong, with a second place finish. Kelly was the individual champion running 20:22. Evelyn was the runner-up running 21:15, that’s over a minute faster than she ran heere last year and about 30 seconds faster than she ran last week at the flat Ray-Pec course. Ava and Daniella were also bothe in the top 10, placing 7th and 8th respectively. Ava ran 22:55, about a minute faster than her time here last year. Daniella ran 23:04, over two minutes faster than her time here last year and a couple seconds faster than last week at Ray-Pec. That’s also her second fastest time ever. Emma was our 5th runner placing 31st in 25:46 and Abigail was 33rd in 26:47. Congrats to all who competed on the tough Excelsoir Springs course. This weekend we head to Jesse James Park for the Kearney Invitational, the penultimate regular season meet.

10/5/24 KC Classic - We haaded by to the Ray-Pec course for the KC Classic this week. We placed 17th, which is 6 places higher than our 23rd place last year. The team was once again led by frehman Kelly Frank. Kelly’s time of 19:14, which was good for 11th place, makes her the 8th fastest runner in Sion history. Evelyn was our next with a time of 21:16, which is close to 30 seconds faster than she ran her earlier this year at the Ray-Pec Invitational. Ava improved her time from the Ray-Pec meet by about 20 seconds making her our third runner. We were very excited that Daniella was able to race this weekend. She had a great first race back by running a 23:06. Abigail was our next scorer running 24:48. Freshman Emma Sutton was our sixth runner (and potential tie-breaker) with a time of 25:07. Congrats to everyone that competed to day. We have a short ret before we head to the hills of the Excelsior Springs Golf Course for the Excelsior Springs Invitational on Tuesday.

9/28/24 Rim Rock - We had a little bit of an adventure before the race at Rim Rock. It always take a long time to get through the line to park. This year it took 2 hours for the van to get through the line and get parked. We didn’t wait, the team bailed and ran on the dirt road to the tent area. Special thanks to Aynslee and Daneilla for carrying bags for the runners for 2 miles on the dirt road. Mrs. Middleton drove the van the rest of the way. The meet was big, there were 41 complete teams and 315 individual finishers. We finished 19th as a team. The team was led by Kelly with a 10th place finish running 20:21. Evelyn was our 2nd runner placing 83rd in a time of 22:58. Ava was close behing on 101st place running 23:12. Abigail and Emma were our 4th and 5th runners respectively, placing 203rd and 215th with times of 25:22 and 25:41. Congrats to everyone for getting through a hectic day in Lawrence. Next week we’re back at Ray-Pec for the Kansas City Classic.

9/21/24 Kris Solsberg Invitational - The weather wasn’t great this we, at least at race time. We were scheduled to run at 8:15 and there was a weather delay called at 7:50. We ended up starting the race at 9:25, the weather was decent at that point. We only had six running, all in the varisty race. The race was not split into divisions this week, we placed 8th out of 14 teams. Once again, we were lead by Kelly. Kelly ran a pr of 19:36 placing 4th. Evelyn once ran her best time ever, 20:41, which was good for 12th place. Ava was next in 52nd place with a time of 22:36. Freshman Emma Sutton, in her second ever 5k, cut about a minute off her time last week, running 23:51 which was good for 71st place. Zoe and Abigail were right by each other in 80th and 82nd place respectively. with times of 24:33 and 24:36. Zoe’s 24:33 was a seson best for her. Congrat to everyone that competed. We’re really loooking for to heading out to Lawrence next week for the Rim Rock Farm High School Classic.

9/14/24 Ray-Pec Invitational - We were lucky to have great weather again this week as we traveled to Ray-Pec for the first of two meets this year. The team finished behind Pleasant Hill for a second place finish. The team was again led by freshman Kelly Frank, who won her first 5k last week at the St. Mary’s Invitational. Well, she did it again. She won the small school division in a fantstic time of 19:52, joining the Under 20 Club. Also medalling were Evelyn and Ava, 6th and 14th place respectively. Abigail was 25th, Zoe was 30th and Daniela was 45th. This week we had another freshman, Emma Sutton, running her first 5k. Emma won the jv race of the small school division. This means that both freshmen, that are currently competing, won their first high school 5k races. Congrats to all that competed. Next week head to Lee’s Summit North for the Kris Solsberg Invitational.

9/7/24 St. Mary’s - The weather was great for our second meet, the St. Mary’s Invitational. We only had 6 girls running this week, all in the varisty race. After not having a full varsity team last week, the Storm harriers were at full force this week and won the team champioship with 48 points. The team was led by the individual champion Kelly, winning her first high school 5k with an outstanding time of 20:09. The Storm placed two other runners in the top 10, Evelyn and Ava with times of 21:10 and 22:34, respectively. The other scorers were Abigail, placing 16th, and Zoë placing 26. Daniella ran her first race of the season placing 47th. Congrats to all that competed. Next week we’re at Ray-Pec.

8/31/42 Tim Nixon Invitational - After a week of really hot weather we had a beautiful morning for the Tim Nixon Invitational. The returning varsioty go the season started led by Evelyn Cramer. Evelyn placed 8th in the varsity Silver Division with a time of 21:15. She was followed by Ava Wickenhauser with of time of 21:59 which was good for 18th place. Abilgail Guerra placed 46 with a time of 24:11. Zoë Miller placed 57th with a time of 25:00. We had two freshmen debuting in the jv race. Kelly Frank ran a great first high school race winning the jv 2 mile course in a time of 12:27. Emma Sutton also had a great high school debut running the 2 mile course in 14:49 placing 37th. It was a great first meet for the Storm. Next week we’re headed to the St. Mary’s Invitational held at St. Michael the Archangel High School.

8/24 Time trial - We moved the start of the time trial up a few minutes due to the threat of thurderstorms. We had a great showing with everyone under 17:30. We’re all looking forward to the first meet next week, the Tim Nixon Invitational in Liberty.